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  1. John Malcolm (May 20, 1723 - November 23, 1788), sometimes spelled Malcom or Malcomb, was a British sea captain, army officer, and customs official who was the victim of the most publicized tarring and feathering during the American Revolution.

  2. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › John_MalcolmJohn Malcolm - Wikipedia

    Major-General Sir John Malcolm GCB, KLS (2 May 1769 – 30 May 1833) was a Scottish soldier, diplomat, East India Company administrator, statesman, and historian . Early life.

  3. Jan 18, 2017 · John Malcom was one of the few people in the American colonies who had been tarred and feathered. Before this night was through, he would earn the dubious distinction of having been tarred and feathered twice. “A New Method of Macarony Making, as Practised at Boston”, 1774.

  4. John Malcolm was a British customs official and army officer who supported royal authority in the American Revolution. He was the target of a notorious tarring and feathering incident in Boston in 1774, after he attacked a Patriot shoemaker.

  5. A 1774 British print depicted the tarring and feathering of Boston Commissioner of Customs John Malcolm. Tarring and feathering was a ritual of humiliation and public warning that stopped just short of serious injury.

  6. Analysing Sir John Malcolm as an ideologue of the British empire 16 Structure and aims of the thesis 21 Chapter One: Sir John Malcolm and the British Empire in India 26 Chapter Two: The Political History of India and the creation of an historiography of imperial conquest 59 Acting in History: “Send Malcolm!” 60

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  8. A print by Philip Dawe depicting John Malcolm, a British customs agent, being punished by the Bostonians in 1774. The print is the earliest known representation of the event and shows the strong contrasts and details of the mezzotint and etching technique.